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Theoretical-Methodological Aspects of Research on Violence in Adolescent Dating Relationships

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The aim of this chapter is to discuss theoretical-methodological aspects involving the violence in dating relationships in the Brazilian adolescents. Therefore, we discuss the use of standardized instruments, as the Conflict in Adolescent Dating Relationships Inventory and the Conflict Tactics Scale, in the investigation of the dating teen violence, as well as conceptions about dating and violence on dating relationship. The definition of dating violence adopted in research brings implications for the decision-making of the instruments and on the rates of prevalence. This chapter presents data of a research with 415 adolescents, aged 14–19 years old, from public and private high school – southern Brazil. The girls presented higher average perpetration of verbal/emotional violence, whereas boys are more perpetrators of sexual violence. The bi-directional index of violence was 94.7% in the cases investigated. Considering that the bi-directionality of violence is a specific characteristic of the affective-sexual relations between young people, the instruments must be sensitive to evaluate both the violence suffered and perpetrated. Finally, some methodological limitations of studies in this area are discussed, such as the participation of only one of the dyad members. In addition, gender and sexual orientation biases should be considered in future studies.

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Borges, J.L., Dell’Aglio, D.D. (2017). Theoretical-Methodological Aspects of Research on Violence in Adolescent Dating Relationships. In: Dell'Aglio, D., Koller, S. (eds) Vulnerable Children and Youth in Brazil . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65033-3_4

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